Stupid UNIX command syntax (Re: Stupidest UNIX Command)

Peter da Silva peter at ficc.uu.net
Sat May 5 02:22:31 AEST 1990


In article <747 at mwtech.UUCP> martin at mwtech.UUCP (Martin Weitzel) writes
about an innofensive program called "uniq".
> But there is something that allways annoys me. If you
> don't know right now, take a look at the manual.
> Maybe this will pay some day ....

You mean, the way if you have files named a and b, and you say "uniq ?",
it will trash "b"? Indent does it too. It's really a sick idea.

Thanks for the warning.
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